A Brief History of Science: As Seen Through the Development of Scientific InstrumentsConstable, 2001 - 425 من الصفحات From the beginnings of history, with gnomons and sundials, through to the twenty-first century and the 26-kilometre underground particle accelerator, the author describes the way that the design and production of scientific instruments has extended the frontiers of science. Man's desire to understand the universe has led to the making of more and more sophisticated instruments - first to record and measure (Arab numerals, standardised measures), to examine ever more minutely (the microscope, the lens, the prism), on through electromagnets, cathode tubes, thermometers, vacuum pumps, X-rays, counters and accelerators, semi-conductors and microprocessors, down to new instruments now being designed to observe matter at zero temperatures - presenting immense technological problems in the requirement for instruments that can operate in conditions where normal properties no longer hold. Accessible popular science |
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... proved right ( although , ironically , the undisputed number for atomic weight was to prove to be too low ) . - Mendeleyev had an easier ride with eka - boron and eka - silicon : the former , isolated by a Swedish chemist in 1879 , was ...
... proved essential for the delicate measure- ments required in the process of discovering radium . In the autumn of 1897 , two events gave a new turn to Marie's life : first , her daughter , Irène , was born on 9 September ; second , she ...
... proved correct : Flamsteed's observations sug- gested a period of about 75/76 years , and going backwards in time this fitted in with bright comets observed by Kepler in 1607 and Peter Apian in 1531. Working from observations recorded ...
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From the mastery of fire to science in antiquity | 1 |
Copernicus to Newton | 35 |
Science technology and communication | 77 |
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